radio trailer research

what they nee to include:
- sounds from the film
-dialogue from the film
- music from film
-voice over

Draft Film 2

 

After looking at our film again, we decided to edit another draft film making it easier to follow and a better outline to follow when editing our final edit. This edit is much better and doesn't have as many simple mistakes such as the music, sound and image not matching up. We have also added more effects to the ending and montage, which speeds the ending up and makes it more exciting to watch.

Draft Film

After editing this film roughly, we have realised there are a few mistakes throughout the 5 minute film. Some of the music doesn't match up to the context such as when Destiny is walking through the reception when going to the office to meet the Loan Shark. Furthermore, when converting the film the ending footage of Destiny reading the letter has been cut or disconnected from the sound. All these problems need resolving when fully editing the film. These mistakes could be avoided by watching the film through over and over, making sure all aspects are perfect (Music, sound etc.)

Some of the match on actions are out of sync and  need realigning throughout the film. To make sure none of these mistakes go unnoticed, we are going to swap who edits the rest of the film so we constantly have fresh eyes looking at our work. 

Research Into Film Poster

Research Into a Film Poster

Film posters are a really important aspect of advertising a new film. Our film would need to have a poster that stands out to our audience and shows our film as positively as it can. As our film is a drama, I have looked into other film posters that have the same genre and what they include in order to promote the film in the best way possible.

The first thing I noticed about all Drama film posters is that most of them have the main character and their facial expression as the main image. For example :

These posters are all simple and have the same layout. The main character being the main image, the title of the film at the bottom or in one of the corners and then the casting underneath. This could help us to create our own film poster as we know that we should keep it simple, with not too much font and let the characters facial expression tell the story.

The film poster I chose to annotate is this one:

This film poster still looks at the main character as the main image, but adds the male character holding her face as though he is comforting her. I believe that this idea could be included in our film as the Loan Shark is also a main character and is apart of the plot. This poster gave me the idea of having Destiny looking at the letter and the Loan Shark peering over her staring at the letter also. This would give the impression that the Loan Shark is in charge and has power over Destiny. 

Furthermore, the bold title stands out as though it is important. Our film title is 'Greed' and would also look good in bold. The audience would read it and wonder what the main character is 'greedy' for.  This would also match with the facial expression of the main character and may influence the audience to want to watch the film.

Drama posters always have the same advertisements on their film posters. For example, they say that newspapers have rated them or have said certain things about them. This film poster clarifies that this film has the same director as another film. This may influence the audience to watch the film if they enjoyed the other films the director, directed. We could use this within our film as the same director, directed the 2 minute film we made last year.

Also, we could use advertisements such as : 

If the audience of our film also enjoyed 'The rolling stones" or read the Entertainment Weekly, they would listen to their positive feedback of the film and want to go see it just because this specific person or film have said it is a must watch.

Furthermore, catch phrases such as this will make people want to watch it if they appreciate crimes. We could add this to our film poster and say that ours is a drama.

Short Film Analysis

Loan is a short film approximately 6 minutes long. It was produce by MGG Films and is their debut short film about why you should be careful who you lend money from. This initially appealed to me as the overall theme is based around lending money and the whole idea of lending it off someone or to someone you can’t trust. This relates to our film as the loan shark doesn’t tell Destiny the truth about who she will have to kill, ultimately getting her to agree to killing someone for the money, when really she has to kill herself. Although this short film is based in only one scene, there are many shots that we want to incorporate into our film and in this example they are kept simple and easy to get ideas from. There are two main characters, in which one is a leader and the other is more vulnerable and seen as desperate. This is also true in our short film, as Destiny is in desperate need of money, whilst the Loan Shark is always one step ahead. These characters may help the audience to relate to this film, making it memorable.

These medium long-shots of the man knocking on the door and the man cooking establish that the discussion is in someone’s kitchen. During the film there are only the ambient sounds of the door knocking and so on, and the dialogue spoken between the characters. This makes the audience focus on what is being said. The editing has mainly cross cutting between the characters, until nearer the end when shots last longer on the man standing up, shouting at the man sitting down. Our film is also most likely to have simple editing because of the conversations we have including with Maddy and the loan shark.

These medium close ups show the characters facial expressions. The character sat down looks upset, which we find out later that he wants to borrow money of the man standing up. The man in the background is happy to see the man and smiles, unknowing of what he wants to ask him. This also shows signs of leadership from the man standing above him, this makes him look down at the other characters, showing that he is inferior. This may be due to the difference in who is the wealthiest.

  

The scene where the man sits down across the table from him, is the scene we want to incorporate into our film. The loan shark meets up with Destiny in his office, where they are also separated by a table. The shot reverse shots between the characters looks film like and shows the characters emotions whilst they are speaking. Also, as the man gets up thinking he is joking, it doesn’t change shots, it stays on the close up to show the reactions of the man who was nervous to tell him.

 

 

This side angle shows the characters frustration in what he’s hearing. This shot could be used in our film, as Destiny refuses the loan sharks offer at first. The loan shark doesn’t appreciate this as he wants her to go through with the deal. Therefore, it would look good if he stood up and stared out of the window whilst he spoke to her, not looking directly at her.

The man seated, stays where he is, which keeps him lower than the man standing up. This shot shows him standing over him, looking down at him angrily. The man seated, doesn’t say a word as he is scared of saying something wrong. This perspective needs to be used in our film to show that the loan shark is of higher status that our main character, Destiny.

The man asks the other man to leave and never come back to his house again, the medium shot shows that he has turned his back to him and has refused to help him. This is a good finishing shot as it sums up what has happened and shows his angry he is at him for lending the money off someone else.